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Observed change in global mean sea level

Figure Created 18 Oct 2012 Published 19 Nov 2012 Last modified 21 Dec 2016

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Topics: Climate change adaptation

The figure shows the global mean sea level from 1860 to 2009 as estimated from coastal and island sea-level data (1880 – 2009, blue) and from satellite altimeter data (1993 – 2009, grey).

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Methodology:: http://www.springerlink.com/content/h2575k28311g5146/fulltext.pdf
Units:: mm
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Processors:: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Figure type:: Graph

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Geographical coverage is global.

“While we attempted the reconstruction back to 1860, the results showed greater sensitivity to details of the method prior to the 1880s when the first southern hemisphere record is available (see below for further discussion). As a result, while we show the reconstruction back to 1860, we restricted the subsequent analysis (computation of trends, etc.) to after 1880.
“Prior to 1880 when there were less than 15 locations available and none in the southern hemisphere, there was considerably greater sensitivity to the parameter choice than for the rest of the record and hence we focus on results after 1880.”

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Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Austria Baltic Sea Belgium Black Sea Bulgaria Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Indian Ocean Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands North Atlantic Ocean North Sea Pacific Ocean Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia South Atlantic Ocean South Pacific Ocean (Tonga) Southern Ocean Spain Sweden United Kingdom